Architecture and Videogames Intersecting Worlds | Architecture

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This book explores and affirms the emergent symbiosis between videogames and architecture including insights from a diverse range of disciplines. With contributions from authorities in both architecture and videogame industries it examines how videogames as a medium have enlightened the public about the built environments of the past offered heightened awareness of our current urban context and presented inspiration for the future directions of architecture. A relatively nascent medium videogames have rapidly transitioned from cultural novelty to architectural prophet over the past 50 years. That videogames serve as an interactive proxy for the real world is merely a gateway into just how p…